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Politicians are often said to be chasing the polls, but sometimes they run the other way.

To pay for the costs of Hurricane Harvey recovery, a massive IOU leftover from the last legislative session and an ambitious agenda this year to invest in public schools and property tax relief, Texas lawmakers are likely to make a record-breaking withdrawal from the state’s savings account.

HOUSTON (AP) — National Guard troops have been called in and residents are being told […]

A truck driver who blamed his wife’s slaying on a case of charity gone wrong is being flown back to Baltimore along with his daughter to face murder charges.

A Roman Catholic priest has been arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge after he was accused of groping a woman in home hospice care while giving her last rites.

An Englishman has died after the four-wheeler he was driving collided head-on with another all-terrain vehicle at a North Texas off-roading event known as “Rednecks with Paychecks Spring Break,” a sheriff’s official said Wednesday.

The Texas Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a $1.8 billion bipartisan package of bills that will pull more than $1.7 billion from the state’s rainy day fund to aid in Hurricane Harvey recovery and to plan for and protect against future storms.

At a packed eastern Iowa house party, a staffer for Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign tried to clear enough space for the candidate to reach the kitchen, where he would need to climb a stepladder to address the crowd.

The Alliance of American Football is moving its championship game from Las Vegas to Frisco, Texas.

House lawmakers in Texas have voted to protect the right of kids to run lemonade stands without fear of being shut down by police.